At the 100-day countdown to the start of the International Festival for Business 2014 (IFB2014) being held in Liverpool for 50 days from June 5, CBI Director-General John Cridland said that the festival was part of a “national mission” to double the UK’s exports to £1trn by 2020. Read more

With news from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) today (February 25) that property sales are likely to continue rising, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) is calling stamp duty “an unfair tax that distorts the property market”. Read more

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is cracking down on people who are not paying their fair share of tax with an advertising campaign targeting people who have been trying to hide money by putting it into offshore accounts. Read more

Coinciding with the announcement that the UK has experienced the wettest winter since records began, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that at least £40m will be allocated to small businesses, farmers and residents who have been victims of the recent devastating flooding. Read more

Inflation as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI) fell below the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target level for the first time in over four years last month, further supporting Governor Mark Carney’s message earlier this month that there is no rush to raise interest rates. Read more

According to figures out today (February 14), house sales volumes hit their highest level in seven years in January and are only a whisker above the average seen in the boom years between 2000 and 2007. Read more